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Few questions

Hello User:John M Wolfson, I'm translating this article to Chinese, just have few question:

  1. "The pioneer Mark Beaubien's cabin ended up in the middle of one of the streets; he bought two lots of the plat and moved his property by a couple of yards". Is this means that Mark Beaubien have somehow manage to moved his cabin for less than 2 meters or just moved to another property less than two meters away from his cabin? And he have buy lands of two Land lot?--Jarodalien (talk) 10:32, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
  2. :According to the source, it appears that he was in fact able to move the actual buildings by a couple of meters. And yes, land lots. Thank you for your translation efforts, I think this is the first time I've ever had an article I created be translated into a different language. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 15:50, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
  3. ::He could actually move buildings, like the man who wear red underpants outside?--Jarodalien (talk) 16:08, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
  4. :::I presume he just disassembled the buildings and then rebuilt them, which would be easier if it's something like a log cabin, although the source doesn't offer any more specificity. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 01:00, 1 July 2020 (UTC)